What types of sessions are offered at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center?
Music Therapy is a recognized healthcare profession. Therapists must complete a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. at an accredited university program, a 1040-hour internship and pass a national board certification exam. Therapists are trained to use music to address body/mind/spirit and therapeutically address specific goals. Degree programs offer courses in psychology, counseling, physiology and anatomy, in addition to courses in music therapy, performance, theory, and composition. In addition, music therapists are proficient on 4 instruments; piano, guitar, voice and one instrument of their choosing.